Skate

Definition: Skate

Skate

Noun

1. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.

2. Large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins.

Verb

1. Move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "skate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Deterioration

Wreck, mere wreck, honeycomb, magni nominis umbra; jade, plug, rackabones, skate; tackey, tacky.

Journey

Peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on; stir one's stumps; bend one's steps, bend one's course; make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way; slide, glide, coast, skim, skate; march in procession, file on, defile.

Vehicle

Equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka; berlin; sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse; jaunting car, outside car; dandi; doolie, dooly; munchil, palki; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon; vettura.

Crosswords: Skate

Portuguese (skateboard).

Tamera, do I look like someone who would put on rollerblades, and skate around with someone named, Dinky Patterson (Sister, Sister; writing credit: Leonard Dick; Carrie Honigblum)

A year ago he couldn't even skate. (D3: The Mighty Ducks; writing credit: Steven Brill; Kenneth Johnson)

During high school, I played junior hockey and still hold two league records: most time spent in the penalty box; and I was the only guy to ever take off his skate and try to stab somebody (Happy Gilmore; writing credit: Tim Herlihy; Adam Sandler)

Always do. everyday the same routine before i skate off to school but who knew (Youth Of The Nation; performing artist: P.O.D.)

The ice we skate is getting pretty thin (All Star; performing artist: Smash Mouth)

A Date to Skate (1938)

Sweedie's Skate (1914)

His First Skate (1912)

The Roller Skate Craze (1907)

Or The Hobo on Rollers Awful Skate (1907)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cyclops Doesn't Roller Skate (reference)

• Skate Legends (reference)

• Skate Talk: Figure Skating in the Words of the Stars (reference)

• The Chicken Doesn't Skate (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Transworld Skate Business (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• OUR TURN - An all girls surf, snowboard, skate film (reference)

• Snoopy Double Feature Vol. 7 (Play it Again/She's a Good Skate) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Bounce Rock Skate Roll [CD5/Cassette Single] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Possessed to Skate (reference)

• Sport and Soul: Skate for the Love (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Thrasher: Skate And Destroy (reference)

• Skate Board Park Tycoon (Jewel Case) (reference)

• Skate or Die: Tour de Thrash (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Plate 246. The Barn-Door Skate. Raia laevis, Mitchill. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Fig. 1 - Bait chopper; Fig. 2 - Bait slivering knife Fig. 3 - Halibut killer and gob stick; Fig. 4 - Wooden hand nipper Fig. 5 - Halibut gaff; Fig. 6 - Trawl buoy and black ball Fig. 7 - Canvas skate for section of trawl; Fig. 8 - Dory scoop Drawing by Capt. J.W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Skate [and] Asthore. Credit: Library of Congress.

Skate. Credit: Library of Congress.

Boys cleaning snow off the ice, so that they can ice skate, Washington, D.C., area. Credit: Library of Congress.

A life saving appliance to protect those who like to skate on thin ice. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

The French Government still holds a skate in half the company. (references)

Economic History

Papua New Guinea

Many members of the Morauta cabinet served Skate as ministers. (references)

Papua New Guinea

Bill Skate, the leader of the People's Congress Party, was elected Prime Minister. (references)

Political Rights

Papua New Guinea

A coalition government, led by Prime Minister Bill Skate, was formed following the election. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "skate": barndoor skate ♦ Burton skate ♦ figure skate ♦ Flapper skate ♦ Friar skate ♦ gray skate ♦ ice hockey skate ♦ ice skate ♦ little skate ♦ racing skate ♦ roller skate ♦ skate around ♦ skate board ♦ skate on thin ice ♦ skate over ♦ skate over thin ice ♦ skate round ♦ skate sailing ♦ skate sucker ♦ speed skate ♦ thorny skate ♦ tubular skate. Additional references.

Beginning with "skate": skate-and-potato, skate-blades, skate-board, skate-boarding.

Ending with "skate": cheap-skate, roller-skate.

Albanian

rrëshqas (coast, dance, evade, glance off, glide, glissade, ride, skid, slide, slip, slither, toboggan), rajë (Ray), patinazh (skating), patinë (runner). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مزلج (bobsled, ski, sled), ‏تزلج (glide, skating, ski, sled, slide, slip), ‏الورنك سمك, ‏السفن سمك مفلطح. (various references)

Asturian

patinar (to skate). (various references)

Basque

patintxo (patten). (various references)

Blackfoot

immoki'kaa (to skate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

скат (devil fish, hang, pitch, ramp, shoulder, skat, slope, thornback, whip ray), кънка, кранта (aver, crock, hack, jade, nag, plug, rip, scalawag, scallywag, screw), карам кънки (roller blade), морска лисица (sea-ape). (various references)

Cebuano

mag-eskit (to skate). (various references)

Chinese 

溜冰鞋 , 冰鞋. (various references)

Czech

rejnok (Ray), bruslit (ice skate, rink), brusle (ice skate, skates). (various references)

Danish

løbe på skøjter. (various references)

Dutch

schaats (ice skate, keel, shoe plate). (various references)

Esperanto

sketi, rajo (stingray), glitkurilo, glitkuri, glitilo. (various references)

Faeroese

skøta (stingray). (various references)

Farsi 

یارو (Guy, Party), ماهی چهارگوش , کفش یخ بازی (Rocker), کفش چرخدار, سرسره بازی کردن , سرخوردن (Glide, Skid), اسکیت بازی کردن , اسب مردنی , ادم پست (Menial, Reptile). (various references)

Finnish

silorausku (blue skate, common European skate, flapper skate), rausku (ray), luistin, luistella. (various references)

French

patin (ski), raie. (various references)

Frisian

reedride (to skate). (various references)

German

Schlittschuh (ice skate), Rochen (devil fish, Ray, stingray). (various references)

Greek 

σελάχι (leather belt), βάτος (bramble). (various references)

Hebrew 

להחליק על הקרח (ice skate). (various references)

Hungarian

korcsolya (ice skate, ice skates, skates), sínféksaru, rossz gebe, ronda alak (crumb, stinker), rája (Raja, Rajah, ray), kriptaszökevény (fud, fuddy-duddy), gurítható díszlet, csúszótalp (skid, slide), áramszedő csuszka. (various references)

Indonesian

sepatu luncur. (various references)

Inuktitut

siaqijaaqluni (to skate). (various references)

Italian

razza bavosa (blue skate, common European skate, flapper skate), razza (breed, ilk, kind, race, Ray, sort, stock, strain), pattinare (ice skate, roller skate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

スクリュープロペラ船 (scraper, screw, screw ship, screwball, scroll, skateboard, skater, skating, skating rink, squat, sucrose). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スケート (skating). (various references)

Korean 

스케이트. (various references)

Macedonian

se vozi so skejtbord (to skate). (various references)

Manx

skyrraghtyn (drop, glance, skating, sliding, slip, slipping, slither), scarrag (ray), braag shliawin. (various references)

Norwegian

skøyte. (various references)

Occitan

patin (patten). (various references)

Pig Latin

ateskay.(various references)

Portuguese

patinar (paddle, rink, skid), patim (ice skate). (various references)

Provencal

patinar (to skate). (various references)

Romanian

patinã (patina), patina (skid), calcan (blind wall, flat fish, Ray, turbot). (various references)

Russian 

конек (crease, fancy, hobbyhorse, ice skate, pipit, ridge, titlark), кататься конек, кататься на коньках (ice-skate). (various references)

Samoan

e faasee i le aisa (to skate). (various references)

Scottish

spéil (slide), sgat (a skate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vrsta raže, momak (bachelor, boy, boyfriend, bugger, chap, gossoon, guy, jack, lad, sport), klizati se (ice skate, rink), klizati (glissade, slip), klizaljka (slide). (various references)

Spanish

patinar (ice skate, patinate, sideslip, skid), patín (bootee, runner, shoe, skateboard, skid). (various references)

Swedish

skridsko (ice-skater), åka skridskor (ice skate). (various references)

Thai

เล่นเสก็ต, รองเท้าสเก็ต. (various references)

Turkish

tırpana (Ray), patinaj yapmak (skid), patenle kaymak, paten yapmak, paten, kaymak (aquaplane, cream, glide, glissade, head, lapse, prolapse, ski, skimmings, slide, slip, slither, slump), çemçe balığı. (various references)

Ukrainian

скат (chute, devil fish, slope, tobacco-box), ковзати по поверхні, ковзан, кататися на ковзанах (ice skate), полоз (hob, skid). (various references)

Welsh

ysglefrio (slide). (various references)

Dipturus batis, Raja (Dipturus) batis (Linnaeus), Raja batis, Raja macrorhynchus. (various references)

eschace. (various references)

escache. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "skate": skateboard, skateboarder, skateboarders, skateboarding, skateboardings, skateboards, skated, skater, skaters, skates. (additional references)

Words ending with "skate": cheapskate, outskate. (additional references)

Words containing "skate": cheapskates, nonskater, nonskaters, outskated, outskates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Skate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nkhata, saate, Sakaue, scafe, scata, Scati, scato, scatu, scite, scrate, Sekaten, Sikita, Sikota, skabe, skado, skaft, skait, skale, skane, skase, skave, skaye, Sketty, skite, skity, skut, skyte, soate, ukkasta, Zakuti. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: stake, steak, takes, teaks.

-1 letter: ates, east, eats, etas, kaes, kats, keas, sake, sate, seat, seta, skat, take, task, teak, teas.

-2 letters: ask, ate, eat, eta, kae, kas, kat, kea, sae, sat, sea, set, ska, tae, tas, tea, tsk.

-3 letters: ae, as, at, es, et, ka, ta.

+1 letter: basket, casket, gasket, latkes, skated, skater, skates, staked, stakes, steaks, strake, streak, takers, tasked, tweaks.

+2 letters: anklets, auklets, backset, baskets, betakes, cakiest, caskets, dankest, darkest, flasket, gaskets, intakes, jackets, karates, kraters, lakiest, lankest, markets, mistake, packets, rackets, rankest, restack, retacks, retakes, setback, skaters, skatole, stacked, stacker, stalked, stalker, starker, straked, strakes, streaks, streaky, tackers, tackets, tackles, takahes, takeups, talkers, talkies, tankers, tsatske, uptakes, weakest.